Donniel Hartman

Donniel Hartman

Full name	Donniel Hartman
Main interests	Human Rights  • Pluralism • Israel  • Judaism
Influenced by David Hartman

Donniel Hartman is a Jewish Israeli Modern Orthodox rabbi and educator. He is President of the Shalom Hartman Institute in Jerusalem, Israel. He has written books and essays on Judaism and modernity and is a frequent speaker at academic conferences and synagogues^[1] in the United States and Canada. In 2009, he spoke at the Grand Valley State University Conference, "Religion and the Challenges of Modernity."^[2] In the 1990s, he was scholar in residence at the Jewish Community Center of the Palisades in New Jersey.^[3] He was described by a Reform Judaism organization as a thinker "whose thoughts, observations, and analysis of Israeli society are radical and refreshing."^[4]

Education

Hartman has a doctorate in Jewish philosophy from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a Master of Arts in political philosophy from New York University, and a Master of Arts in religion from Temple University.

Philosophy

Hartman has set up a program at the Shalom Hartman Institute that could lead to women being ordained as rabbis.^[5]

He has argued for the need for Israelis to accept a two-state solution that recognizes Palestinian interests and to provide a "multiple narrative" for Israel that accepts non-Jewish Israelis.^[6]

He has said that Israel and Diaspora Jewry must "rethink" their relationship.^[7]

In 2007, the Hartman Institute, under Donniel Hartman's direction, set up a religious high school for girls, Midrashiya,^[8] whose curriculum includes "a critical approach to the study of Jewish texts," volunteer work, and a sex-education curriculum, "one of the first ever among religious schools in Israel."^[9]

Published works

• The Boundaries of Judaism (Continuum Books, 2007) ISBN 978-0-8264-9663-8
• Judaism and the Challenges of Modern Life, Co-Editor with Moshe Halbertal (Continuum Books, 2007) ISBN 0-8264-9668-7
• "Mishpatim: A Man in Public," in The Modern Men's Torah Commentary: New Insights from Jewish Men on the 54 Weekly Torah Portions, Jeffrey K. Salkin, Ed. (Jewish Lights Publishing, 2009) ISBN 978-1-58023-395-8

See also

• David Hartman
• Moshe Halbertal
• Menachem Lorberbaum

Sources and external links

• Shalom Hartman Institute Official Shalom Hartman Institute Website
• Donniel Hartman's official blog

References

1. ^ "Aventura Turnberry Jewish Center, Avenutura, Florida". http://www.atjc.org/jan%209nd.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-19. ^{[dead link]}
2. ^ "Religion and the Challenges of Modernity". http://www.gvsu.edu/cms3/assets/11A498D8-EDE3-0D37-5EFA8CD7D2519AD5/JCM%20Dialogue%202009%20brochure.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
3. ^ Goldman, Ari L. (1994-06-19). "A Rabbi's Complicated Relationship With Judaism". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1994/06/19/weekinreview/the-nation-a-rabbi-s-complicated-relationship-with-judaism.html?pagewanted=1. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
4. ^ "The ARZA Rabbinic Council in Action". http://www.arza.org/Articles/index.cfm?id=1436. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 
5. ^ "Rabbi Is The Highest Title For Teacher". Jewish Week. http://www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c40_a1810/News/Israel.html. Retrieved 2009-10-05. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "The impossible forfeit". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=932410&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
7. ^ "Israel at 60: Rethinking the Partnership between Israel and World Jewry". http://www.arza.org/_kd/Items/actions.cfm?action=Show&item_id=1382&destination=ShowItem. Retrieved 2010-01-19. 
8. ^ "Midrashiya page on Hartman Institute website". http://www.hartman.org.il/Programs_View.asp?Program_Id=12&Cat_Id=302&Cat_Type=Programs. Retrieved 2011-06-27. 
9. ^ "New Orthodox girls schools push egalitarianism". http://www.jewishreview.org/node/8685. Retrieved 2010-02-08. 

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